Re: [Mesa3d-dev] CVS and SSE

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

"Sven M. Hallberg" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 09:59:03AM -0600, Brian Paul wrote:
> > Allen Barnett wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Yesterday (4/27), I pulled the current CVS version of Mesa. I was hoping
> > > to be able to activate the Intel SSE commands, however the configuration
> > > script tries a test assenble on the file src/X86/katmai_xform_raw3.S,
> > > which does not exist. It looks like the configure script is somewhat out
> > > of sync with the current contents of src/X86/. Is there a simple change
> > > I can make to configure or should I just pull an earlier (3.4.1?)
> > > version of the CVS tree? (The corresponding files do appear in the
> > > XFree86 DRI Mesa source.)
> >
> > I was trying to fix this a few days ago but got stuck.  Your clue
> > about the test assemble of src/X86/katmai_xform_raw3.S helped me find
> > the problem now.  I'm about to check in some updates that should fix
> > this.
> >
> > One problem is still outstanding.  The src/X86/gen_matypes.c file must
> > be compiled and executed in order to generate src/X86/matypes.h before
> > the assembly code can be compiled.  You can do this manually:
> >
> >       cd src/X86
> >       gcc gen_matypes.c -I.. -I../../include -o gen_matypes
> >       ./gen_matypes > matypes.h
> >
> > I don't know how to make configure do this.  When I make the MesaLib-3.5
> > tarballs I'll include matypes.h so it won't be a problem for typical end
> > users.  We developers and CVS users just have to remember to regenerate
> > matypes.h whenever src/mtypes.h changes.
> >
> > I'll check in my updates ASAP.
> >
> > -Brian
> 
> I will have a look at the new matypes.h stuff (hopefully) soon. Brian, can you
> give a (really) brief overview (pseudo-script or whatever) describing how the
> steps needed to generate matypes.h?

I did above.  But really, I'm not sure this is too important.  When
3.5 is released it'll include the matypes.h file.  It's just when
people download from CVS that they have to make/update the matypes.h
file.


> PS: Yes, I am alive. I've just finished my service in the Army and are now
> running on spare time for a couple of months. Right now I'm wading through the
> last 150 CVS commit messages I've missed. :) Just to let everyone know...

OK.

-Brian